The best online business model for newbies is affiliate marketing

Wait…what?

Didn’t I just say it was a waste of time?

It is easy to feel intimated in the beginning. Many people fail online because they keep second guessing themselves and asking whether or not there’s light at the end of the tunnel or are their efforts being wasted.

Here’s the truth:

Affiliate marketing is a total waste of time but only if you quit or don’t apply yourself well enough!

Believe it or not though, affiliate marketing is one of the easiest business models for making money online!

The most important ingredient for affiliate marketing success is perseverance. It doesn’t matter if you know nothing about coding, websites, HTML, web development and so on.

It took me a few YEARS to see success, but that was also my own fault.

I was jumping around from thing to thing, and not sticking with even TRYING one method for longer than a week.

Find one thing, and stick with it until it becomes your bitch!

Seriously, OWN that method, make it yours, become the best you possibly can be at it before you try something new.

Want to know something cool?

Any social media platform such as Facebook, Instagram or even online forums are highly suitable for reaching out to people.

In fact, social media websites offer better scope for affiliates as they are highly interactive in nature.

You can reply instantly to people’s queries and you can do so on the go. It is informal, relaxed and you don’t have to

Actually, you don’t have to sell at all. You just have to post a cool experience that you had with a certain product or service. The company does all the selling. Most companies also create short training courses for affiliates. This is helpful for total newbies.

There are no ‘rules’ when in comes to making money online. The internet is evolving at a brazen pace and everyday, people find new ways to earn money online.

Still, here are some tips for affiliate marketing success

1) Pick a niche that you have an interest or some expertise in.

Ideally, your online activities should be an extension of your everyday life – be it your profession or hobbies.

For example: If you’re a Doctor, you can create authoritative content on health and medicine.

If you’re a banker, you’ll probably do well with insurance and investing.

It doesn’t matter what your niche is – it’s not a big deal if your hobby is not very ‘serious’ or productive.

Teenage kids have made hundreds of thousands of dollars in various niches like video games and life hacks. If many people are interested in a thing, it has earning potential. Even online Poker & casinos can be very good niches.

2) Emotion is stronger than logic.

I have come across many youtube channels that offer life-changing tips and advice. They hardly have a few thousand views.

However, I know many videos of kittens playing that have amassed several millions views! For your content to go viral – it should invoke a strong emotional reaction.

It should make people smile, laugh, cry – it should scare or shock them or give them some sort of hope for a better future.

This is the golden rule of all marketing: Emotion sells!

Sure, in some niches, you have to be logical. However, you must learn how to tie in emotion – otherwise you’re visitors will click on that enticing video of the cute puppy barking and leave your site/post forever.

Don’t be overly sensational – it puts people off. Whatever you do, online or offline, you have to be genuine.

3) Research good products and services to promote:

This is where you make or break your reputation. If you promote bad products – your credibility as a reviewer will go down forever.

Chances are, people will never ever trust you again. Treat your followers/subscribers as real people.

(This is what I do by the way, I challenge you to find me reviewing and recommending a crap product – you won’t – because I value my reputation online and want to see my followers succeed!)

Gaining subscribers is the hardest thing about affiliate marketing – so you cannot afford to lose them, especially when times are so competitive.

Remember, when people have bad experiences with the stuff that you recommend, they get angry and try to tarnish your image. Always be ethical and treat others as you would like them to treat you.

Affiliate marketing requires very little talent – it is all about persevering.

You just have to show some involvement in the process and try to be at least a little bit different and creative. The people who fail at affiliate marketing do so because they have very little patience and focus.

Having a good mentor also plays an integral role. So make sure that you’re learning from the right people. The internet is full of poor people who’re trying to teach others how to get rich!

So What Next?

You see this blog here? (The one you’re reading this article on)? I run it, and make money with it daily as an AFFILIATE for many programs that teach people, like you, how to REALLY make money online.

I try to be 100% upfront and honest about everything I do on it.

Feel free to google me, Jeff Lenney, you’ll find tons of good things about me, and the success people have had following what I teach!

Anyway, there’s an amazing program I know of, it’s 100% legit and you can use it to jump start your career as an Affiliate Marketer.